Fastener.



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FRANK rrrz GIBBON, oE-EAST'OEANGE, NEW J'EEsEY, AND cLAEENcE or Bos'JoN,MASSACHUSETTS.

EITZPATEICK,

FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 9, 1515. `Serial No. 13,156.

T 0 all 'whom t may concern Be it known that we, FRANK FiTz GIBBON andCLARENCE FrTzrA'rniC-K, citizens of the United States, residing at EastOrange, county of Essex, and Stateof New Jersey, and Boston,Massachusetts, respectively, have invented certain new and useful1mprovements in Fasteners, of which the following is a clear, full, andexact description.

rIhis invention relates to fasteners of the ball and socket type, suchas used for in-` stance as glove fasteners.

The improvement particularly relates to the socket portion of thefastener, and an object of the invention is toprovide such socketportion with a .removable button, so that buttons of differentvconstructions and ornamentation may be applied to the same Socketmember.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a simple and practicalfastener having a removable button. V

These beingfamong the objectsof the present invention, the same consistsof certain features of construction and combinations of parts to behereinafter described and then claimed with reference to theaccompanying drawings illustrating desirable embodiments of theinvention, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of one form of thedevice showing a complete ball and socket fastener applied to two layersof material to be connected; Fig. 2 is a diametrical section, the ballmember being in elevation, on line 2 2 Fig. 1; Fig. 3 isa diametricalsection showing a layer' of material and two members of the socketportion in position before the parts are permanently secured together byan upsetting action; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the form ofscrew-threaded annulus shown in Figs. 2 and 3; Fig. 5 .is a sideelevation of another form of the invention; Fig. 6 is a section on theline 6 6 Fig. 5, partly in elevation; Fig. 7 is a section partly inelevation of the parts shown in Fig. 6 before they are permanentlysecured together by upsetting; Fig. 8 is a perspective view of theannulus shown in Figs. 6 and 7 and Fig. 9 is a diametrical section of adifferent form of button shown in the other figures, while the buttonsof the two illustrated forms of fastener are also different from eachother. F igs.`r 5 and 6 do not show a socket member.

Referring to figs. 1 to l inclusive which illustrate one` form of theinvention, the ball member 10 may be of any suitable type attached toone layer of material 11. The socket member is attached to another layerof material 12. Said socket member comprises as shown more clearly inFig. 2, an annulus 13 which is provided with a screwthread 14- on itsouter periphery, said annulus being provided with an internal annularflange 15 located at ther lower end of the same, together with an eyelet16 which is provided with an annular exterior flange 17, between whichand the .said flange 15 the material 12 is secured, while the other endof said eyelet is provided with an exterior yannular flange 18 which isin contact with theY said flange 15 so that the latter is securedbetween the flange 1S and the material 12. The annulus 13 is showndetached in Fig. 4..

' The parts of the described socket member are assembled'as follows. Theparts are applied to the material 12, so that the flange 17 of theeyelet 16is in contact with one surface of the material 12, while thesaid eyelet extends through the material and through the opening 19which is surrounded'by the flange 15 of the annulus, said flange 15being in contact with the other surface of the material 12. The eyelet16 is shown in Fig. 3 as not upset. To upset that end thereof which iswithin the annulus 13, said end is subjected to the action of a suitablepunch which upsets the inner end of the eyelet upon the anvil surface 2Oat the inner side of the flange 15, with the result that the eyelet isformed with an exterior annular flange 18 which is located within theannulus and in `connection with A vided with a rounded top 22 and anexternal flange 22a which abuts against the material 12 when said buttonis screwed onto the annulus.

The embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 5 to S inclusivecomprises an annulus 23 provided with an external screwthread 2er and aninternal screw-thread or roughened surface Q5, said annulus having anexternal annular flange 26 at one end. Said annulus Q3 is secured to thematerial as follows. An eyelet 27 provided with a flange 2S isintroduced through an opening in the material as shown in Fig. 7, towhich the socket member is to be attached, said eyelet being of suchlength that its flange 28 is separated from the material. The unliangedend of said eyelet 27 is caused to abut preferably against the inneranvil surface of the closed top 23 of said annulus 23. A suitable punchis now introduced into the eyelet 27 and against its flange Q8 so as toupset the inner end of the eyelet against said top 23a and onto thescrew-threaded or roughened inner surface 25 of the annulus, so that theinner end of said eyelet is formed as shown in Fig. 6 with anenlargement or flange 30 which is in initimate binding contact at 30with the inner periphery of the annulus. The upsetting action isintended to permanently secure the. annulus and eyelet together and tothe material of the glove or other article. The roughened orscrewthreaded inner surface 25 of the annulus enters to a certain extentthe outer surface of the enlargement 30 which is upset within saidannulus. A capy or button 29 is then screwed onto said annulus 23. Thecap or button 29 shown in Figs. 5, 6 is of different shape from thatshown in Figs. 1 and 2.V

Obviously various kinds of removable caps or button members may beemployed so as to produce a different effect, and said caps or buttonsmay be constructed of one piece of a given material or may beconstructed of different materials or of more than one part. A cap orbutton constructed of more than one part and of different materials isshown in Fig. 9. rihis comprises a collar 31 provided with an internalscrewthread 32, and an internal flange 33 located at the outer end ofsaid collar, which provides an aperture 84 through which may ap- Copesof this patent may be obtained for ve cen pear an ornamental stone top35' which is secured to the socket member when the screw collar 31 isscrewed onto the annulus to receive it.

The invention is susceptible of modification as parts may be omitted,added and substituted without departing from the spirit and scopethereof as claimed.

'Vhatwe claim as new is p 1. A fastener, the combination of an eX-ternally screw-threaded annulus, means for permanently securing thesame, from its interior, to a piece of material, anda screw cap appliedto said annulus.

2. In a fastener, the combination of an externally screw-threadedannulus, means for permanently securing the same, from its interior, toa piece of material, said means being upset witnin said annulus, and ascrew cap applied to said annulus.V

In a fastener, the combination of an externally screwthreaded annuluswhich is interiorly contracted at one end, an eyelet extending thereintoand upset against said eentracted end to secure said parts to a piece ofmaterial, and a screw cap applied to said annulus.

In a fastener, the combination of an externally screw-threaded annulusprovided with an interior anvil-surface, means eX- tcnding into saidannulus and upset against said anvil-surface, to secure said parts to apiece of material, and an ornamental finishing button or cap screwedonto said annulus.

5. In a fastener, the combination of an annulus, means for permanentlysecuring the same, from its interior, to a piece of material, said meansbeing upset within said annulus, and a cap secured removably to saidannulus.

Signed at New York, N. Y., this 1 day of March, 1915.

FRANK FTZ GIBBON. Witnesses:

GEO. L. Vi-IEELOGK, BEATRICE Mmvrs. Signed at Boston, Mass., this 5thday of March, 1915. CLARENCE FITZPATRCK.

Witnesses JOHN BOYLE OBRIEN, JAMES F. BARRETT.

ts each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. C.

